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interrogated at Bagram for more than six months, then sent to
Guantanamo. British diplomats in Pakistan, acting for his family attempted to establish his whereabouts while he was in Bagram, were denied access to him and were not informed of his transfer to Guantanamo until 5 months after it occurred.
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that he recommended Belmar be released back to the UK, but MI5 officers who interviewed Belmar in
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Pakistan in February 2002. His family was told in October 2002 that he had been taken into custody due to an expired visa, and in December 2002 they were told he had been transferred to Guantánamo Bay.
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Former captives alleged to have (re)joined insurgency
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British extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
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Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture
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197:interrogated Belmar. A senior US official told
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1058:Bagram Theater Internment Facility detainees
465:"Profiles: the British Guantánamo detainees"
185:US officials said Belmar was captured at an
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325:"Guantánamo Britons return to UK"
949:Military Commissions Act of 2006
408:Laville, Sandra (9 March 2004).
382:Rose, David (27 February 2005).
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716:2008 Sarposa Prison mass escape
218:on 25 January 2005, along with
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563:Quran desecration controversy
463:Jay, Adam (11 January 2005).
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939:Detainee Treatment Act
840:Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
807:Dasht-i-Leili massacre
706:Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
212:nine other UK citizens
983:Taxi to the Dark Side
873:Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
865:Forced disappearances
830:Mohamedou Ould Salahi
721:Basra prison incident
711:Battle of Abu Ghraib
686:James Elmer Mitchell
588:Homicide accusations
305:on 29 September 2007
176:September 11 attacks
122:Former postal worker
997:Torturing Democracy
835:Mohammed al-Qahtani
767:Abed Hamed Mowhoush
414:The Daily Telegraph
151:Belmar was born in
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593:Juvenile prisoners
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757:Abdul Wahid
698:and escapes
153:Westminster
114:Repatriated
81:Citizenship
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16:British man
1027:Categories
1011:The Report
924:Fay Report
802:Abdul Wali
797:Gul Rahman
782:Baha Mousa
762:Habibullah
671:Black jail
656:Abu Ghraib
618:operations
616:black site
273:13 January
250:References
157:Marylebone
119:Occupation
95:Guantanamo
61:Pakistani
37:1979-10-31
244:strappado
170:Detention
817:Tortured
676:Salt Pit
474:30 April
448:30 April
419:30 April
393:30 April
360:30 April
335:30 April
187:al Qaeda
69:Released
54:Arrested
747:Dilawar
267:FreeBMD
206:Release
135:in the
84:British
661:Bagram
309:15 May
111:Status
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210:Like
180:burqa
476:2009
450:2009
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311:2006
275:2022
226:and
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